Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्याख्याता पूर्वनिर्दिष्टा दानं वक्ष्याम्यत: परम् अन्न ब्राह्गकामाय कथमेतत् पितामह

English

cover. Thou art that Supreme Deity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपने उस व्रतके द्वारा स्वर्गलोकपर विजय पाता है

English

[Bhishma said:] Though entreated thus, the sage Jamadagni, bright as fire, did not at all become calm, descendant of the Kurus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणवत्यल्पदोष: स्यान्निर्गुणे तु निमज्जति

English

Then the Sun, in the form of a brahmana, with joined palms, bowed and said to him, lord of men, in sweet words:

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृषादर्भेश्व॒ संवादं सप्तर्षीणां च भारत शूद्र: पशुसखश्वैव भर्ता चास्या बभूव ह

English

"The mark is moving, brahmana sage, since the sun is always going; how will you know the moving sun as he always goes?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृच्छुप्राणोभवद् यत्र लोकोयं वै क्षुधान्वित:

English

[Jamadagni said:] "Steady or moving, I know you with the eye of knowledge; today I must surely impart discipline to you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ते त॑ क्षुधाभिसंतप्ता: परिवार्योपतस्थिरे पीड़ित थे, इसलिये उस मरे हुए बालकको चारों ओरसे घेरकर खड़े हो गये

English

In the afternoon, Sun, you stand for half a wink; then I shall know you, Sun; there is no hesitation for me in this."

हिन्दी अर्थ

मयि यद् विद्यते वित्त तद् वृणुध्वं तपोधना:

English

[The Sun said:] "Without doubt you will know me, brahmana sage, best of archers; but know that I am an offender who has taken refuge, blessed one."

हिन्दी अर्थ

साधन है। अतः मेरे पास जो धन है उसे आप स्वीकार करें और ले लें सर्वेषां वै शीघ्रगा: श्वेतरोमा:

English

[Bhishma said:] Then, laughing, the blessed Jamadagni said to him: "Sun, you need not fear; you are come bowing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शीघ्रगामिनी एवं ब्यायी हुई गौएँ साँडोंसहित देनेको उद्यत हूँ

English

The honesty in brahmanas, the steadiness on earth, the gentleness of Soma and the depth of Varuna are in me."

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोप करना उचित है या ब्राह्मणकी प्रार्थना अस्वीकार करना)

English

is acquainted with the joys or pleasures that arise from the possession or enjoyment of worldly things, for such joys may truly be likened to waves which appear and disappear on the bosom of the sea or ocean of Eternity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तप: स्यादेतदेवेह तपोन्यद् वापि कि भवेत् तप है या उसका और कोई स्वरूप है

English

Vishnu in which he had bound Vali, the chief of the Asuras. The plural form has reference to successive

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मतन्त्रोपघाती यो न तपस्वी न धर्मवित्

English

compass, the snake Sesha, etc. What is said here is that thou art the best of all these or all such beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सदोपवासी च भवेद् ब्रह्मचारी तथैव च कुट॒म्बिको धर्मकाम: सदास्वप्रश्चन मानव:

English

lowest of the celestials; i.e., thou art all the celestials.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विघसाशी कथं च स्यात् कथं चैवातिथिप्रिय:

English

[The Sun said:] "Great sage, take an umbrella to protect the head and ward off my rays, and leather sandals to protect the feet.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किस प्रकार वह विघसाशी एवं अतिथिप्रिय हो सकता है? सदोपवासी भवति यो न भुंक्तेडन्तरा पुन:

English

From today this will go about in the world and be the highest, imperishable one in all gifts of merit."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋतवादी सदा च स्याद् दानशीलस्तु मानव:

English

[Bhishma said:] Umbrella and sandals were set going here by the Sun; this is told as holy in the three worlds, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है। सदा दान देनेवाला पुरुष सत्यवादी ही समझने योग्य है दानं ददत् पवित्री स्यादस्वप्नश्न॒ दिवास्वपन्

English

Therefore give the best umbrella and sandals to brahmanas; great dharma will come to you; I have no doubt in this.

हिन्दी अर्थ

माना जाता है। जो दिनमें नहीं सोता वह सदा जागनेवाला माना जाता है

English

One who gives a white umbrella with a hundred ribs to a twice-born, bull of the Bharatas, prospers in happiness after death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमृतं केवल भुंक्ते इति विद्धि युधिछ्िर करता है, उसे केवल अमृत भोजन करनेवाला (अमृताशी) समझना चाहिए

English

He lives in Shakra's world honoured by the twice-born, and constantly by apsarases and gods, bull of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवशिष्टनि यो भुंक्ते तमाहुर्विघसाशिनम् उपस्थिता हाृप्सरसो गन्धर्वैश्व जनाधिप

English

One who gives sandals to a burning brahmana, mighty-armed, to a bathed, sharp-vowed twice-born,

हिन्दी अर्थ

रमन्ते पुत्रपौत्रेण तेषां गतिरनुत्तमा

English

also gains worlds honoured by the gods and lives glad in the world of cows after death, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परम उत्तम गति प्राप्त होती है दातृप्रतिग्रहीत्रोवं को विशेष: पितामह

English

This has been told by me to you in full, best of the Bharatas: the fruit of the gift of umbrella and sandals.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दग्रया गृष्ट्यो धेनव: सुव्रताश्ष पुष्टयर्थ व: कि प्रयच्छाम्यहं वै

English

means thou art Paramahansa.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तप:संचय एवेह विशिष्टो द्रव्यसंचयात्

English

[Bhishma said:] Land that is fine to look at, wooded, adorned with coloured minerals and joined with all seeds is called best here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यचरन् भक्षयन्तो वै मूलानि च फलानि च परिव्रजन्तं स्थूलांगं परिव्राजं शुना सह

English

I shall tell you in order the special field of it, the placing of tanks, and all waters.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संचिन्त्यं वार्षिक चित्ते तेन पीवाउछुना सह

English

I shall tell you the qualities of tanks and of those made; the owner of a tank is honoured everywhere in the three worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चिन्ता नहीं है, इसीलिये कुत्तेके साथ मोटा हो गया है देहि देहीति भिक्षन्ति तेन पीवाउछुना सह

English

Or a house of friends, friendly, increasing friends, producing fame, the best: the establishing of tanks.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है। इस संन्यासीको यह सब चिन्ता नहीं है। अतः यह कुत्तेके साथ मोटा है

English

The wise call the fruit of dharma, wealth and desire a well-made tank in a place, a field, a great refuge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शोको भार्यापवादेन तेन पीवाउछुना सह एकैकं वै त्रिवर्षीयं तेन पीवाउछुना सह

English

One should look upon a tank as for the four kinds of beings; all tanks give the highest prosperity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभिगम्य यथान्यायं पाणिस्पर्शमभथाचरत्

English

Gods, men, gandharvas, ancestors, serpents and rakshasas, and unmoving beings resort to a reservoir.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्योन्येन निवेद्याथ प्रातिष्ठन्त सहैव ते आददाना: समुद्धृत्य मूलानि च फलानि च

English

Therefore I shall tell you the qualities remembered in a tank, and the fruit gained there as declared by sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न लगावें। कहिये, आपके शरीरकी पुष्टिके लिये मैं क्या दूँ

English

at their sacrifices. Human beings then got theirs. Those born after Vrihaspati are Vrihaspatyas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तज्जानमान: कस्मात् त्वं कुरुषे न: प्रलोभनम् अमलो होष तपसा प्रीत: प्रीणाति देवता:

English

Hiranyakasipu, the father of Prahlada. Maharoman has reference to the form of the mighty or vast Boar that the Supreme Deity assumed for raising the submerged Earth on his tusks.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तद् दाव इव निर्दह्यात् प्राप्तो राजप्रतिग्रह:

English

however subtile, with the necessary senses and understanding. It may also mean that the tree of the world furnishes evidence of the existence of the Supreme Deity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दग्ध करनेवाले दावानलकी भाँति नष्ट कर डालता है भृत्यास्तेषां ततस्तानि प्रग्राहितुमुपाद्रवन्

English

translator takes Yaju as one name and Padabhuja as another. This is very absurd.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न स्महे मन्दविज्ञाना न स्महे मन्दबुद्धयः

English

ending with death as the tenth, with heaven the eleventh and Emancipation the twelfth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्रतिग्राह्ममेवैतत् प्रेत्पेह च सुखेप्सुना तथा बहु प्रतीच्छन् वै पापिष्ठां पतते गतिम्

English

age and, therefore, a malevolent one, is highly propitious to Emancipation. The world being generally sinful, those who succeed in living righteously in this age or under the sway of this malevolent deity, very quickly attain to heaven if heaven be their object, or Emancipation if they strive for Emancipation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्व तन्नालमेकस्य तस्माद् विद्वान् शमं चरेत्

English

He carries his whole family across in whose dug reservoir cows, and good men, always drink water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रार्थना पुरुषस्येव तस्य मात्रा न विद्यते पुरुषकी आशा समुद्रके समान है, वह कभी भरती ही नहीं

English

One in whose tank thirsty cows, deer, birds and men drink water would gain the fruit of the horse sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथैनमपर: कामस्तृष्णाविध्यति बाणवत्

English

Whatever water they drink there, bathe in and rest by, all of it for the giver of the tank makes for endlessness after death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चोट करती ही रहती है तद् धन ब्राह्मणस्येह लुभ्यमानस्य विस्रवेत्

English

Water is hard to get, dear one, especially in the next world; by giving drinking water, joy is everlasting.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करना चाहिए; किंतु मेरी रायमें धन-संग्रहकी अपेक्षा तपस्याका संचय ही श्रेष्ठ है बलीयांसो दुर्बलवद् बिभेम्यहमत: परम्

English

"Give sesame, give water, give lamps, be awake; rejoice with kinsmen; this is hard to get among the dead."

हिन्दी अर्थ

विनयार्थ सुविद्वांसमुपासेयं यथातथम्

English

It is heavier than all gifts and distinguished above all gifts; therefore drinking water, tiger among men, is to be given.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषयो जम्मुरन्यत्र सर्व एव धृतव्रता: ततोडन्येनैव गच्छन्ति विदितं तेस्तु पार्थिव

English

Thus the highest fruit of tanks has been told; now I shall tell of planting trees.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषां वै प्रतिकर्तु च सर्वेषामगमद् गृहम्

English

Six kinds of unmoving beings are told: trees, shrubs, creepers, vines, bark-bearers and grasses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपने अपमानका बदला लेनेका विचार करके राजधानीको लौट गये जुहाव संस्कृतैर्मन्त्रेरकेकामाहुतिं नृप:

English

These are the classes of trees, and these are the qualities in planting them: fame in the world of men and good fruit after death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आभिचारिक मन्त्र पढ़कर एक-एक आहुति डालने लगे

English

He gains a name in the world and is honoured by ancestors; even gone to the world of the gods, his name is not lost.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्या नाम वृषादर्भियातुधानीत्यथाकरोत् वृषादर्भिने उसका नाम यातुधानी रखा

English

One who plants trees carries across both the past and future and the ancestral line, Bharata; therefore one should plant trees.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृषादर्भि नरपतिं कि करोमीति चाब्रवीत्

English

Those trees are his sons, without doubt; gone to the next world, he gains heaven and the imperishable worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विनष्टेषु तथा स्वैरं गच्छ यत्रेप्सितं तव जगाम तद् वन यत्र विचेरुस्ते महर्षय:

English

Trees honour the gods with flowers, the ancestors with fruits and guests with shade, dear one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वे महर्षि विचरा करते थे, उस वनमें चली गयी

English

Kinnaras, serpents, rakshasas, gods, gandharvas, men and hosts of sages resort to trees.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भवितारो भवन्तो वै नैवमित्यब्रवीदृूषीन्

English

Flowering and fruiting, they satisfy men here; trees carry the giver of a tree across hereafter like sons.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सायं प्रातश्न॒ होतव्यं तेन पीवाउ्छुना सह कुत्तेके साथ खूब मोटा-ताजा हो गया है

English

Therefore trees should be planted at a tank always by one who wishes the good, and protected like sons; they are remembered as his sons by dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृच्छाधीतं प्रणष्टं च तेन पीवाउछुना सह

English

The maker of a tank, the planter of trees, and the twice-born who has performed sacrifices are honoured in heaven, as are others who speak truth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हुआ है; इसीलिये यह कुत्तेके साथ मोटा हो गया है अलस: क्षुत्परो मूर्खस्तेन पीवाउछुना सह

English

Therefore one should make a tank and plant groves, sacrifice with various sacrifices and always speak truth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुचिवारिप्रसन्नोदां ददृशु: पद्मिनीं शुभाम्

English

onward in space earnest the lapse of Time. This constellation, in Hindu astronomy, is known by the name of Sisumara because of its resemblance with the form of a tortoise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुर्धार्यमेतन्मनसा गच्छावतर पद्मिनीम् भरे भार्या भरे द्वाजं भरद्वाजोडस्मि शोभने

English

[Bhishma said:] Here I shall tell you an ancient event, lord of men: the conversation of Vasudeva and the Earth, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैतद् धारयितुं शक्‍्यं गच्छावतर पद्मिनीम्

English

Having praised the goddess Earth, the mighty Vasudeva asked, bull of the Bharatas, what you ask me today.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोग मुझे गण्डा कहते हैं नैतद् धारयितुं शक्‍्यं गच्छावतर पद्मिनीम्

English

[Vasudeva said:] "Relying on the householder's dharma, by me or one like me, what must be done surely, or having done what would one be happy?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुन:सखसखायं मां यातुधान्युपधारय

English

[The Earth said:] "Sages, ancestors, gods and men, Madhava, are to be worshipped and honoured; hear from me how.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् पुनरिदानी त्वं ब्रूहि यज्नाम ते द्विज तस्मात् त्रिदण्डाभिहता गच्छ भस्मेति मा जिरम्

English

One should always honour the gods with sacrifice, men with hospitality, and by choice as always those worthy always; by this the troops of sages are pleased, Madhusudana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूवि त्रिदण्डं विष्ट भ्य शाद्धले समुपाविशत्

English

He should always tend the fire, and perform the offering to beings before eating; for otherwise, Madhusudana, the gods are left unsatisfied.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथाकाममुपादाय समुत्तस्थुर्मुदान्विता: सरोवरसे बाहर निकले

English

Every day he should perform the shraddha, with food or with water, or even with milk, roots and fruits, offering delight to the ancestors.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ही रखकर वे सरोवरके जलसे तर्पण करने लगे

English

From the cooked food he should make the Vaishvadeva offering into the fire according to rule: to Agni and Soma, to the Vishvedevas, and then to Dhanvantari.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वैदूर्यवर्णसदृशै: पद्मपत्रैरथावृताम् एकद्वारामनादेयां सूपतीर्थामकर्दमाम्

English

cures every disease. Ashes are used by Sanyasins for rubbing their bodies as a mark of their having consumed every sin and cut off every bond and freed themselves from all diseases.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यातुधानीति विख्याता पदूमिनीं तामरक्षत

English

body, began to dance in joy. The whole universe, overpowered by a sympathetic influence, began to dance with him. At this, for protecting the universe, Mahadeva showed himself to Mankanaka and, pressing his fingers, brought out a quantity of ashes, thus showing that his body was made of ashes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पद्मिनीमभिजमग्मुस्ते सर्वे कृत्याभिरक्षिताम् स्थितां कमलिनीतीरे कृत्यामूचुर्महर्षय:

English

himself to aid Arjuna in slaying Bhishma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आरक्षिणीं मां पद्मिन्या वित्त सर्वे तपोधना:

English

called Sesha. Mahadeva is that Sesha, otherwise called Ananta.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संरक्षण करनेवाली हूँ भवत्या: सम्मते सर्वे गृह्लीयाम बिसान्युत

English

commentary also, the well-known grammatical Sutra vrittanschanchu etc. The Burdwan translator repeats the misprint in his rendering. K. P. Singha avoids it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकैको नाम मे प्रोक्‍्त्वा ततो गृह्नीत माचिरम्

English

also the actual field, so called, on which king Kuru performed his penances, and which is so sacred that its very dust cleanses a person of all sins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लो। इसमें विलम्ब करनेकी आवश्यकता नहीं है अत्रि: क्षुधापरीतात्मा ततो वचनमत्रवीत्

English

destroyer of the universe. Both the vernacular translators have erred in rendering this word. K. P. Singha

हिन्दी अर्थ

अरात्रिरत्रिरित्येव नाम मे विद्धि शोभने

English

Then, with what remains of that food, he should feed guests as well. First honour, O great king, and only then does he gratify men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुर्धार्यमेतन्मनसा गच्छावतर पद्मिनीम् वसिष्ठत्वाच्च वासाच्च वसिष्ठ इति विद्धि माम्

English

Because he stays but a short time, he is called a guest (atithi).

हिन्दी अर्थ

काश्य: काशनिकाशत्वादेतन्मे नाम धारय

English

To the teacher, the father, the friend, the trusted kinsman and the guest, he should always declare, "This is what I have in my house."

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्धि मां गौतमं कृत्ये यातुधानि निबोध माम्

English

Whatever they say, he should do; such is the ordained dharma. A householder, O Krishna, should always eat only what remains after others.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्धकारको दूर भगानेवाली (अतम) है, अतः तुम मुझे गौतम समझो नैतद् धारयितुं शक्‍्यं गच्छावतर पद्मिनीम्

English

He should honour a king, a priest, a snataka, a teacher and a father-in-law with the madhuparka when they have stayed a full year.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विश्वामित्रमिति ख्यातं यातुधानि निबोध माम्

English

For dogs, for outcastes and for birds he should scatter food on the ground; this is called the Vaishvadeva, enjoined at dusk and at dawn.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैतद् धारयितुं शक्‍्यं गच्छावतर पद्मिनीम् हुआ हूँ, इसलिये तुम मुझे जमदग्नि नामसे विख्यात समझो

English

One who without envy practises these householder duties attains great prosperity here and, after death, is honoured in heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैतद् धारयितुं शक्‍्यं गच्छावतर पद्मिनीम्

English

[Bhishma] Having heard these words of the Earth, the mighty Vasudeva acted so at all times; you too should act in the same way.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनोनुरुन्धती भर्तुरिति मां विद्धयारुन्धतीम् चलती हूँ, इसलिये मेरा नाम अरुन्धती है

English

Thus, O lord of men, if you keep this householder's dharma in mind, you will win fame in this world and attain heaven after death.